(Y War of the Words!
¥Y |I'mnota bitch because | don’t want to talk

to you in class

And more!

Clubbing 1s the absolute worst

> Booze and sexual harassment don’t mix well

Katie Czenczek
Staff Writer

 

I: never fully understand why clubbing

is supposed to be the best possible way

to have fun when in your 20s. I do lovea
good party, but going to a random place
that features the faint aroma of B.O. while

a bunch of strangers all wait around for
“something to happen” just isn’t my idea of a
good time.

Clubs—the darker, louder, and seat-less
version of bars—are the worst. Yet somehow,
every time my friends drag me out to another
club downtown I seem to magically forget
that I will not enjoy myself.

That is the problem with clubbing in
our culture. It is hyped up to the point that
even when the murky bathroom mirror and
spilled toilet paper and piss on the ground are
staring at you straight in the face, you'll think,
“Oh, it was just that one night, you weren't
at the right place. Don’t you know? Celebs

are for Tuesdays!” Leading you to go out next
week to waste more money on cover and coat
check and over-priced drinks and still have
the exact same awful experience.

The absolute worst part about clubbing,
however, is how guys act like it’s open season
on any girl in the facility. Maybe it’s the
music, or the alcohol, or just club culture
in general, but men approaching women
at clubs could be a special on the Discovery
Channel. First, the girl walks in, dressed up
and with her flock of friends, dancing away.
And then, all the sudden, she feels some sort
of pressure coming from behind her. She
swats him off but the only thing that will
really stop him is that classic line: “I havea
boyfriend” Because, apparently, a girl just flat
out not wanting some stranger to touch her is
not reason enough for saying no.

Next time your friends invite you to a
night out on the town, just try to remember
what happened the last time, because if that
wasnt fun for you, know that it won't be any
better this time.

 

War makes money, peace doesn't

> Mainstream media manufactures consent for war

Sameer Siddiqui
Contributor

 

rom the US all the way to China and

Russia in the east, all countries have
increased their military spending. I am
not at all surprised that countries feel
threatened by each other, and want to
protect their critical routes of trading.
For example, China building the islands
on the South China sea is aimed to
protect its maritime routes as most
of its energy imports come through
that route. The US, Russia and some
European countries are the primary
sources of weapons manufacturing and
exporting. The companies that make
these weapons make huge profits by
selling them to customers overseas.
The only reason they can sell these
arms is because there are conflicts all
over the world and not campaigns for
peace; their entire business model is
based on more conflicts and less peace.

This model of conflict is further
illustrated in the companies making
these weapons. The US defence
companies use a concept called
“political engineering,” which is the
designing of political institutes in
a society. They build most of their
weapons within the US and employ
thousands of people. With so many
voters working in these companies,
any political candidate who campaigns
for reducing defence spending and
increasing spending on education or
healthcare would be labelled as one
who doesn’t care about the people of
their constituency and if they win, it
would lead to thousands of jobs losses.
I believe we should be very careful

in accepting any news when it seems
like all the news channels are on one
side. The way I see it, the media plays
a very critical role in manufacturing
consent for more wars. Does anyone

remember when they lied that
Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass
destruction? They use a tactic whereby
they repeat lies until people accept those
lies to be the truth. The latest example
of this tactic can be seen in the US
where mainstream media has repeated
a lie that President Trump and his
campaign staff were somehow working
covertly with the Russians to get him
elected. To date, I don’t believe that
any concrete evidence has been given.
In my opinion, the whole Russian
election conspiracy can be easily

debunked because the US intelligence
agencies monitor all electronic
communication in the US. If there
was indeed some collusion or hacking
they would know about it. I think that
the media cannot accept that Trump
won the election by his own hard work
and without the Russian’s help. The
neoconservatives and war lovers in
the US are afraid that Trump could
end up having peace deals with Russia
and other countries. That is why it is
my belief that the Russian conspiracy
theory was created to prevent Trump

from conducting diplomacy.

Every nation building up more
weapons is a race to the bottom.
Each country must gradually reduce
its arms under the guidance of an
international observer else we leave
the next generation in debt and
destruction. We all need to stop
watching mainstream media and
look for alternative sources of news.
Yes, there are some good journalists
out there, but they are a minority.

I believe watching the mainstream
media in a way hypnotises us.